• Governor Gavin Newsom has indicated his support for a bill that will reclassify gig workers as employees at companies like Uber, Lyft, and Caviar. The governor wrote an op-ed in the Sacramento Bee in honor of Labor Day. [Sacramento Bee/SF Business Times]
  • BART ended paper ticket sales at Powell Station today. The agency is rolling out this initiative painfully slowly, one station at a time, so just get a Clipper card already. [SF Weekly]
  • Pet euthanasia rates have plummeted 75 percent in major American cities over the last ten years. Experts say the culture has quietly changed to embrace rescue adoptions, and to spay and neuter more animals. [New York Times]
  • There were at least 59 arrests at Burning Man this year, mostly for drug possession. There was one arrest for felony sexual assault made during the "build" period week before last. [CBS SF]
  • Ahead of Friday's big opening night, with a Metallica/SF Symphony concert, the Warriors hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Chase Center today. [ABC 7]
  • Oakland and San Francisco just ranked the 2nd and 4th worth cities to drive in. [Mercury News]
  • Jump and Zoom be damned, e-bikes are now officially prohibited in national parks. [Engadget]